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You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one
You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one
Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth.
Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth.
Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are properly their business.
Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are properly their business.
"If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.
"If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.
One of the greatest Romans, when asked where were his politics,
replied, "Imperium et libertas." That would not make read more
One of the greatest Romans, when asked where were his politics,
replied, "Imperium et libertas." That would not make a bad
programme for a British Ministry.
Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.
Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.
If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie read more
If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.
